It's hard enough to buy internet from one internet service provider. Trying to compare prices and speeds across multiple ...

The FCC's inaccurate broadband maps have long made it difficult to distribute deployment grants where they're needed most. Current maps are based on the Form 477 data-collection program in which ...

As those subsidies have ballooned, state leaders have increasingly criticized the FCC mapping process in the hopes that better maps would mean faster broadband for constituents. To help tackle ...

Much like the old maps, the new FCC still doesn’t share data on broadband pricing, helping further obscure one of the most glaring symptoms of an unhealthy, monopoly-dominated market.

“The FCC's old broadband maps were not very good, not very good at all,” FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel stated the obvious at a recent tech conference in Washington, D.C. The replacement ...

The maps will provide a more accurate initial picture of broadband availability throughout the U.S. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Earlier today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)released its pre-production draft of its new broadband maps, providing morein-depth information about availability nationwide. The new ...

"using the most up-to-date version of the FCC maps as a guide.” More: Wisconsin broadband grants Wisconsin will get at least $100 million for broadband expansion under the massive federal ...

So if you think internet access is important, do every like-minded person a favor: type your address into the FCC’s long-awaited new broadband maps and see if internet service providers are ...

The agency plans to rely largely on the maps when allocating funds for the largest of these programs, the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program, or BEAD. Previous FCC ...

However, the maps will be continually updated, and challenges will be accepted and evaluated on a rolling basis. The FCC’s broadband maps have for years tracked internet types, speeds and ...